Journal of Micropalaeontology
Journal of Micropalaeontology
JM
Articles | Volume 38, issue 1
Articles | Volume 38, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-38-83-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-38-83-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 38, issue 1
Research article
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07 Jun 2019
Research article |  | 07 Jun 2019

Chemotaxonomy of domesticated grasses: a pathway to understanding the origins of agriculture

Phillip E. Jardine, William D. Gosling, Barry H. Lomax, Adele C. M. Julier, and Wesley T. Fraser

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Many major food crops, including rice, wheat, maize, rye, barley, oats and millet, are domesticated species of grass. However, because grass pollen all looks highly similar, it has been challenging to track grass domestication using pollen in archaeological samples. Here, we show that we can use the chemical signature of pollen grains to classify different grass species. This approach has the potential to help unravel the spread of domestication and agriculture over the last 10 000 years.
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